Living Water Baptism

Jesus said: Those who believe and are baptized will be saved, and those who do not believe will be condemned. After we repent and believe in Jesus Christ, we must be baptized with living water to wash away our sins. When Jesus died on the cross, a soldier pierced Jesus' side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out of Jesus' side, becoming a fountain of cleansing sin. We are baptized into Jesus Christ, and through the baptism into the death of Jesus, our old man died and buried with Jesus, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. When we are baptized, we will become new people, with every move we take, just like Jesus Christ rose from the dead through the glory of the Father.

Some people say: As long as repentance and conversion, sins will be wiped out, and baptism has no effect of forgiving sins. But the Bible tells us that being baptized can wash away sin. Acts 22:16

If we want our sins to be forgiven by God, we need both repentance and baptism. Repentance is only a prerequisite for forgiveness of sins, but forgiveness occurs when we are baptized, not when we repent. Acts 2:38

Jesus said: Unless one is born of water and the Holy Spirit, one cannot enter the kingdom of God. To be born from the water means to be baptized with the forgiveness of sins in living water, and to be born from the spirit means to be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Receiving the baptism of liv-ing water is part of our rebirth. Our flesh is born from the womb, is born from the flesh, and the human flesh is created by God from dust on the ground, so the flesh must return to the dust. Jesus Christ is the Holy Spirit. He wants to regenerate us with water and Holy Spirit. Only those born of the Holy Spirit are spirits. The kingdom of God is spiritual, and flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Only those who are baptized and become spiritual by the Holy Spirit can en-ter.

Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus went to the Jordan River to be baptized. John wanted to stop Jesus and not baptize Jesus. But Jesus replied: We should do all righteousness in this way. To be baptized and washed away from sin is God's righteousness, and God's righteousness is revealed outside the law. When we are baptized, we put on Jesus, and God's righteousness is added to us, making us righteous. (Matthew 3:13-17)

Five Key Conditions of a True Water Baptism

There’re five conditions of a true and complete living water baptism in accordance with the truth in the Bible. Only the baptism in line with these five elements has the effect of washing away the sins.

(1) In the name of Jesus

The name of Father, son and the Holy Spirit are Jesus. Jesus is the only true God, born in the world, appearing with flesh and blood. He became the sinless Lamb which was Passover sacrifice to die on the cross for our sinner and devote himself to save people. He took the burden of sin and the punishment of death for us to make us receive salvation by faith.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (Matthew 28:19)

Some people say that baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. But why did the apostle Peter and Paul baptize in the name of Jesus? Instead of in the name of the

Father and of Son and of the Holy Spirit. Did they violate God's command? Didn't listen to Jesus' instructions? of course not. But they understand the name of Father, son and the Holy Spirit are Jesus. Jesus is God. Jesus is the Holy Spirit. There is only one God, Jesus.

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for for-giveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)

So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days. (Acts 10:48)

On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts 19:5)

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17 NIV)

(2) Being baptized in the living waters

Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, and John's disciples baptized in Aenon. The Aenon is the meaning of the spring. The baptism of living water is also a sign that Jesus is a living water.

“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. (Zechariah 13:1 NIV)

Pool baptism and Spot water baptism cannot wash away people's sins. This is not in accordance with the Bible. It is not washing away sin but sin.

“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Jeremiah 2:13)

Some people say that there is no living water. As long as there is someone there is living water. We are baptized in living water, and all sin flows into the depths of the sea. This also fulfills the Bible, because the source of all living water is the depths of the sea.

You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniqui-ties into the depths of the sea. (Micah 7:19)

(3) The Whole Body Need to be Fully Immersed

The Hebrew baptism is like putting a piece of cloth into the dyeing tank. Being baptized is to die with Jesus. The Son of Man is in the ground for three days and three nights. To be washed, the body must be completely immersed in water.

(4) Bowing head to Be Baptized (Ezra 9:6)

Being baptized is to die with Jesus.

Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resur-rection like his. (Romans 6:3-5 NIV)

Baptism must be the same as the shape of Jesus' death. The shape of Jesus' death is to bow his head. Bowing also means confession and repentance.

When Jesus tasted the vinegar, he said, “It is!” He bowed his head and delivered the soul to God. (John 19:30)

(5) The Baptist Must Have Received the Holy Spirit identified by speaking in new tongues.

(Speaking in tongues is the only evidence of receiving the Holy Spirit)

It is the Holy Spirit that truly forgives sin. There are three witnesses: the Holy Spirit, the water, and the blood, all of which are also attributed to one. It is not us, we have no authority to sin for others, because we are also sinners. It is the Holy Spirit that truly forgives sin. The evidence of the Holy Spirit is to speak in tongues.

This comes from the water and the blood, Jesus Christ; not water alone, but water and blood, and the Holy Spirit to bear witness, because the Holy Spirit is the truth. There are three witnesses: the Holy Spirit, the water, and the blood, all of which are also attributed to one. (1 John 5:6-8)

If the person who baptizes us does not have the Holy Spirit, then this baptism is not a baptism of forgiveness, for sin has not been forgiven.

When he said this, he gave them a sigh of relief and said, "You are receiving the Holy Spirit! Whoever forgives the sins of you, whose sins are forgiven; whoever sins you leave, whose sin is left. " (John 20:22-23)

The five factors of bible baptism are indispensable. If you are not baptized in the Bible, you must be baptized again, like the church of Ephesus. If your baptism is in the Bible, you can no longer be baptized.

So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming af-ter him, that is, in Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts 19:3-5 NIV)